Minerva Gas, the Greek LNG carrier owner and operator, has made further progress with its newbuilding program.
A Liberia-flagged containership ran aground in the Mississippi River on March 27.
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has proposed to include 36 new blocks in this year’s licensing round in the well-known parts of the Norwegian Continental Shelf – Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2020.
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipper GasLog said it has launched a newbuild vessel at the South Korean Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard. The LNG carrier named GasLog Georgetown was launched at the Korean yard on March 28, according to GasLog. GasLog says the delivery of the newbuild is expected in O
Malaysian FPSO provider Yinson has signed contracts with Petrobras for the delivery, operation, and maintenance of the Marlim 2 FPSO.
Svitzer, a global towage operator and part of Maersk, has secured a five-year extension of its marine service contract with NuStar, one of the largest liquid terminals and pipeline operators in North America. The company will support NuStar’s Point Tupper Oil Storage facility with three tugs on time
McDermott has been awarded a sizeable contract by BHP to provide pre-FEED services for a floating production unit (FPU) that will be installed at the Trion field offshore Mexico.
Aker Solutions, in a joint venture with PTAS Sdn Bhd, has signed a five-year agreement to provide offshore maintenance and modification services to Shell in Brunei.
Finnish Konecranes has unveiled intentions to temporarily lay off some 2,000 employees as a result of coronavirus impact on the company’s operations. The company said it has invited Finnish works council representatives to negotiations regarding the layoffs which would cover all of Konecranes’ Finni
Oil and gas company Tower Resources has delayed the completion date for its Thali PSC farm-out over coronavirus pandemic but still hopes to start drilling the Njom-3 well before mid-September.
Lithuania’s Klaipėdos Nafta is temporarily relocating its floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Independence while Klaipeda’s port waters are being cleaned. From March 30 to April 5, the FSRU will be moved from the usual location of the LNG terminal near Kiaules Nugara Island while operati
Siccar Point Energy has decided to defer its planned sanction date for the Cambo project, located West of Shetland, to 2021 in light of the unprecedented worldwide macroeconomic dislocation resulting from Covid-19.
Apart from the ongoing health crisis, the cruise industry is currently also faced with an economic crisis.
The Equinor-operated Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea is expected to reach plateau production for the first phase in early May, earlier than anticipated.
